The Sialk ziggurat - temple built on terraces was erected ca 3000 BC by people of Elamite civilization.
See:
- Arkadiusz Sołtysiak, Hassan Fazeli: Tepe Sialk (Iran), seasons 2008-2009, Bioarchaeology of the Near East 4 (2010) , pp. 69–70
Location:
- Iran (Islamic Republic of), Dīzcheh
- geo:33.968452,51.4039
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Temple or sanctuary
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=42586
- livius:place=tepe-sialk
Annotations
Relevant museums
Tehran, National Museumof Iran
Tehran, National Museum Archaeological collections from Paleolithic to Qajar period
Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre
Nearby
Tepe Sialk
3rd-millennium BC city
Kashan, Monument for the excavation of Tepe Sialk
Kashan, Monument for the excavation of Tepe Sialk
Tepe Sialk, northern hill
Fourth-millennium city